..The programmatic substance of the PMERP could be interpreted as soliciting exculpatory evidence with respect to smoking and exposure to smoke. We remain sceptical about the scientific integrity of PMERP...

Corporate social responsibility and the tobacco industry: hope or hype?

N HirschhornTob Control 13:447-53. 2004

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The Philip Morris External Research Program: results from the first round of projects

N HirschhornTob Control 15:267-9. 2006

..We concluded that a prime reason for PMERP's existence was to garner scientific credibility for PM...

Louisa May Alcott: her mysterious illness

Norbert HirschhornPerspect Biol Med 50:243-59. 2007

..We propose instead that Alcott suffered a multi-system disease, possibly originating from effects of mercury on the immune system. A portrait of Alcott raises the possibility that she had systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)...

Second hand smoke and risk assessment: what was in it for the tobacco industry?

N HirschhornUniversity of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USATob Control 10:375-82. 2001